TOP folk band The Fureys and Davey Arthur are heading to Huddersfield.
After an absence of 10 years, Davey Arthur rejoined the Fureys in 2003 for their 25th anniversary tour, which included a concert in Cleckheaton Town Hall.
The line-up has stayed together and has continued to travel the world, performing their folk-based music and songs.
They are making a return visit to the area to play at Huddersfield Town Hall on Wednesday, May 25.
They will be singing all their hits, including When You Were Sweet 16, The Green Fields Of France, Red Rose Cafe, and Leaving Nancy.
The Furey brothers started off on separate career paths.
Eddie left home in 1966 to live in Edinburgh, where he was part of a folk scene that included Billy Connolly and Gerry Rafferty.
Three years later he joined up with his brother, Finbar, first to support the Clancys and Tommy Maken in the USA and Canada and then to tour Europe, where, over seven years, they built up a large following, particularly in Germany.
At that time, brothers George and Paul and Davey Arthur were also playing around Europe in their band The Buskers.
It was a road accident in Germany in 1978, involving Eddie and Finbar, that brought them all together.
George, Paul and Davey were touring Denmark when they heard about the accident and immediately travelled to Germany to be with Eddie and Finbar.
They decided then that they should all be playing together and The Fureys and Davey Arthur was born.
Paul Furey died in June, 2002 after a short illness. He was 54.
The Huddersfield concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets cost £10 and £12 (including concessions). They are available from Kirklees booking offices or by phoning the ticket hotline, 01484 223200.
